Philosophy · Similar reads
Books like The Vignelli Canon
The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli is about design principles, typography, visual discipline. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
Read the summary → - Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
Read the summary → - Ways of Seeing
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John Berger · Philosophy
Ways of Seeing began as a BBC television series in 1972 and was published the same year as a slim, deliberately designed paperback.
Read the summary → - The Elements of Style
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Strunk & White · Self-help
The Elements of Style is a short book about writing English clearly and without waste.
Read the summary → - Don't Make Me Think
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Steve Krug · Business
Don't Make Me Think is Steve Krug's short, plainspoken guide to web usability.
Read the summary → - 1984
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George Orwell · Philosophy
Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's 1949 novel about a future England called Airstrip One, governed by the totalitarian Party under the figurehead Big Brother.
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